Voice Stewards

In the world of Alonadee things are not as they should be, I’m afraid. The elementals, the children of the light and the dark, grew sulky a long while ago, offended by the pavement and gadgetry the Efilees brought from across the Mondo Expanse. As their resentment grew, their poetry dimmed, and have you ever lived in a world without poetry, friend? It is a twisted, dismal place, silent and cruel, with the threat of Darkness and Disappearings ever lurking. In Alonadee the fairies have retreated to the mists, and the last of the beasts roam nervously in the hidden places of the world, pushed out by the brown and muck. The greenery shrinks back as the cities of the Northerners spread, and nature grows quiet in the hearts of the people-animals. As the strength of starstuff fades and the voices of the elementals grow hoarse, some who already have power seek to take more, striving to become masters of all poetry. But others fight on, determined to return the Honest Verse to the beasts, and the trees, and all the folk who are Strong of Spirit and True of Heart. Even the stars fall, lending their shine to the cause, but will their help be enough to preserve the voices they helped shape so long ago? Can nature still say anything at all, if no one cares to listen? Voice Stewards is a series of tales following the chosen four who guard the voices of the elementals, until that time when the world remembers their call. Unfortunately, no one knows who those chosen are, not even the stewards themselves, for the star who placed the poetry in their hearts has misplaced all her memory. And so the battle to find the stewards begins. Please, won’t you sit back, friend, while I unfold these tales? And together we shall see whether there is enough wonder left in the world to save the poetry of the light and the dark.
Voice Stewards is a serial juvenile fantasy series I write under the nom de plume Robyn Dee. Look for Episode 1 soon.